“News Quiz” is a weekly feature that lets you test your knowledge of recent Link stories. The correct answers appear at the end.
1. The tentative agreement between USPS and American Postal Workers Union covers how many clerks, mechanics, vehicle drivers, custodians and administrative employees?
a) 150,000
b) 175,000
c) 190,000
d) 215,000
2. Derrick Milling, an IT client support manager at USPS headquarters, learned to speak which foreign language while serving as a Green Beret in the U.S. Army?
a) Arabic
b) German
c) Hindi
d) Italian
3. Mary Hulshouser, a USPS retention operations specialist in Fort Worth, TX, won first place at the Texas State Fair last year for her photo of which of the following?
a) Bald eagle snatching a salmon
b) Grizzly bear snacking on wild berries
c) Great egrets displaying their mating plumage
d) Rattlesnake resting under a moss-covered rock
4. What will members of the winning team and the top individual scorers of the Summertime wellness challenge receive?
a) $20 gift card
b) Water bottle
c) Gym bag
d) Hooded sweatshirt
5. What did Butler, PA, Postmaster Anthony Kriley and Letter Carrier Jamie Stevens rescue customer Janice Taylor from?
a) Hornet swarm
b) Falling ladder
c) Dog attack
d) Fire
Answers: 1) c. 2) a. 3) c. 4) a. 5) c.
